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{{Short description|Canadian politician and journalist (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Chrystia Freeland
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP|size=100%}}
| image               = Chrystia Freeland in 2023 (cropped).jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Freeland in 2023
| order               = 10th
| office              = Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
| primeminister       = [[Justin Trudeau]]
| term_start          = November 20, 2019
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Anne McLellan]] (2006){{efn|This position was vacant from February 6, 2006, until November 20, 2019.}}
| successor           = 
| office1             = [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]]
| primeminister1      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start1         = August 18, 2020
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = [[Bill Morneau]]
| riding2             = [[University—Rosedale (federal electoral district)|University—Rosedale]]
| parliament2         = Canadian
| term_start2         = October 19, 2015
| predecessor2        = ''Riding established''
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional offices held|titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey}}
| office3             = [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs]]
| primeminister3      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start3         = November 20, 2019
| term_end3           = August 18, 2020
| predecessor3        = [[Dominic LeBlanc]]
| successor3          = Dominic LeBlanc
| office4             = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| primeminister4      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start4         = January 10, 2017
| term_end4           = November 20, 2019
| predecessor4        = [[Stéphane Dion]]
| successor4          = [[François-Philippe Champagne]]
| office5             = [[Minister of International Trade Diversification|Minister of International Trade]]
| primeminister5      = Justin Trudeau
| term_start5         = November 4, 2015
| term_end5           = January 10, 2017
| predecessor5        = [[Ed Fast]]
| successor5          = François-Philippe Champagne
| riding6             = [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]]
| parliament6         = Canadian
| term_start6         = November 24, 2013
| term_end6           = October 19, 2015
| predecessor6        = [[Bob Rae]]
| successor6          = Bill Morneau
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| birth_name          = Christina Alexandra Freeland<ref name="Diebel">{{Cite news |last=Diebel |first=Linda |date=November 29, 2015 |title=How Chrystia Freeland became Justin Trudeau's first star |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/11/29/how-chrystia-freeland-became-justin-trudeaus-first-star.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910034236/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/11/29/how-chrystia-freeland-became-justin-trudeaus-first-star.html |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=January 17, 2016}}</ref>
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|2|mf=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Peace River, Alberta]], Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| spouse              = Graham Bowley
| children            = A son and two daughters
| relatives           = [[Michael Chomiak]] (maternal grandfather)<br /> [[John-Paul Himka]] (uncle) <br /> [[Ged Baldwin]] (great-uncle)
| residence           = [[Summerhill, Toronto]], Ontario
| alma_mater          = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[St Antony's College, Oxford]] ([[Master of Studies|MSt]])
| awards              = [[Rhodes Scholarship]] (1993)
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|journalist|author}}
| website             = https://www.chrystiafreelandmp.com/
}}

'''Christina Alexandra Freeland''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician serving as the tenth and current [[deputy prime minister of Canada]] since 2019 and the [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|minister of finance]] since 2020. A member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]], Freeland represents the [[Toronto]] riding of [[University—Rosedale (federal electoral district)|University—Rosedale]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. She was first appointed to [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] following the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]].

Born in [[Peace River, Alberta]], Freeland completed a bachelor's degree at [[Harvard University]], studying Russian history and literature before earning a master's degree in [[Slavic studies|Slavonic studies]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. She worked as a journalist in [[Ukraine]] and eventually held editorial positions at the ''[[Financial Times]]'', ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' and [[Reuters]], becoming managing director of the latter. She also authored ''Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism'' (2000) and ''[[Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else]]'' (2012).

Freeland became a member of Parliament (MP) following a [[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Toronto Centre|2013 by-election]] for [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]]. After the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]], [[Justin Trudeau]] formed his first government and she was named [[Minister of International Trade Diversification|minister of international trade]]. Under her tenure, Canada negotiated the [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement|Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement]] and the [[Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement]] (CETA) with the [[European Union]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kassam |first=Ashifa |date=January 10, 2017 |title=Canada names Chrystia Freeland, leading Russia critic, as foreign minister |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/canada-chrystia-freeland-foreign-minister-russia-critic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717015902/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/10/canada-chrystia-freeland-foreign-minister-russia-critic |archive-date=July 17, 2020}}</ref> earning her a promotion to [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|minister of foreign affairs]] in 2017. She became deputy prime minister following the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 election]], where she also became [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs|minister of intergovernmental affairs]]. In 2020, she was appointed as [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|finance minister]], becoming the first woman to hold the post. She presented her first federal budget in 2021, which introduced a [[child care in Canada|national child care]] program, in the midst of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]]. In 2022, she was part of the federal response to the [[Canada convoy protest]], which led to the first ever invocation of the ''[[Emergencies Act]]''. She has played a critical role in the Canadian response to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], including the implementation of sanctions on Russia and sending aid to Ukraine after the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion in 2022]].

Political commentators have given Freeland the informal title of "Minister of Everything",<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Taylor-Vaisey |first=Nick |date=March 5, 2020 |title=The minister of everything, Chrystia Freeland, takes on the coronavirus |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-minister-of-everything-chrystia-freeland-takes-on-the-coronavirus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407165259/https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/the-minister-of-everything-chrystia-freeland-takes-on-the-coronavirus/ |archive-date=April 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Taube |first=Michael |date=August 20, 2020 |title=Meet Canada's 'Minister of Everything' |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-canadas-minister-of-everything-11597966302 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827002401/https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-canadas-minister-of-everything-11597966302 |archive-date=August 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Lauren |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Freeland rises to Canada's first female finance minister amid Trudeau scandal |newspaper=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/chrystia-freeland-canada-first-female-finance-minister-398251 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821082623/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/18/chrystia-freeland-canada-first-female-finance-minister-398251 |archive-date=August 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Neklason |first=Annika |date=March 14, 2020 |title=How Canada's 'Minister of Everything' Sees the World |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/chrystia-freeland-democracy-and-capitalism/608014/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907022939/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/chrystia-freeland-democracy-and-capitalism/608014/ |archive-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Paez |first=Beatrice |date=March 6, 2020 |title=Minister of everything, Freeland, risks burnout in adding oversight of feds' coronavirus response to growing portfolio, say politicos |newspaper=[[The Hill Times]] |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/03/06/minister-of-everything-freeland-risks-burnout-in-adding-oversight-of-feds-coronavirus-response-to-growing-portfolio-say-politicos/238700 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307150347/https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/03/06/minister-of-everything-freeland-risks-burnout-in-adding-oversight-of-feds-coronavirus-response-to-growing-portfolio-say-politicos/238700 |archive-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> an honorific previously used for powerful 20th-century Liberal cabinet minister [[C. D. Howe]]. Freeland was described in 2019 as one of the most influential Cabinet ministers of [[Premiership of Justin Trudeau|Trudeau's premiership]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bensadoun |first=Emerald |date=November 21, 2019 |title='There is no job description:' What exactly does a deputy prime minister do? |work=[[Global News]] |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6201033/deputy-prime-minister-freeland/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915203459/https://globalnews.ca/news/6201033/deputy-prime-minister-freeland/ |archive-date=September 15, 2020}}</ref>

== Early life, education and student activism (1968–1993) ==
Freeland was born in [[Peace River, Alberta]], on August 2, 1968.<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=18214|nolist=yes}}</ref><ref name="Thompson2019" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://littlepinkbook.com/ |website=Little Pink Book |access-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731180018/https://littlepinkbook.com/ |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Levytsky |first=Marco |date=April 23, 2000 |title=Shevchenko Lecture focuses on Ukrainians and the media |url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2000/170011.shtml |newspaper=[[The Ukrainian Weekly]] |volume=LXVIII |issue=17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928004931/http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/2000/170011.shtml |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=October 30, 2012}}</ref> Her father, Donald Freeland, was a farmer and lawyer and a member of the Liberal Party,<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2007 |title=Halyna Freeland's quest to 'change the world' influenced feminism in Alberta and Ukraine, and left a mark on her family and friends |url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=a706e023-9c09-4809-80d3-67a9d6ef2496&k=2780 |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020224230/http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=a706e023-9c09-4809-80d3-67a9d6ef2496&k=2780 |archive-date=October 20, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2013 |via=[[canada.com]]}}</ref> and her [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] mother, Halyna Chomiak (1946–2007), was also a lawyer, and ran for the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] (NDP) in [[Edmonton Strathcona (federal electoral district)|Edmonton Strathcona]] in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]].<ref name="HalynaChomiakFreeland">{{Cite news |date=July 12–13, 2007 |title=Halyna Chomiak Freeland Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=90579918#fbLoggedOut |url-status=live |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927191101/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=90579918#fbLoggedOut |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2013 |via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leblanc |first=Daniel |date=July 27, 2013 |title=Journalist Chrystia Freeland to seek Liberal nod for Toronto Centre |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/journalist-chrystia-freeland-to-seek-liberal-nod-for-toronto-centre/article13470172/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920094802/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/journalist-chrystia-freeland-to-seek-liberal-nod-for-toronto-centre/article13470172/ |archive-date=September 20, 2013}}</ref> Her paternal grandmother was a Scottish [[war bride]].<ref name="Diebel" /><ref>{{cite news |date=September 24, 2012 |title=Helen Freeland Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=helen-freeland&pid=160091711 |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |access-date=September 9, 2023 |via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> Freeland's parents divorced when she was nine years old, though she continued to live with both of them.<ref name="Diebel" />

Freeland was an activist from a young age, organizing a strike in fifth grade to protest her school's exclusive enrichment classes.<ref name="Jimenez">{{Cite news |last=Jimenez |first=Marina |date=December 12, 1990 |title=Albertan wins Rhodes prize |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/49133450/ |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal|The Edmonton Journal]] |page=B2 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She attended [[Old Scona Academic High School]] in Edmonton, Alberta<ref name="Thompson2019">{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Thompson |first=Allister |date=May 23, 2019 |title=Chrystia Freeland |url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chrystia-freeland |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |url-status=live |access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321141450/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chrystia-freeland |archive-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> for two years before attending the [[United World College of the Adriatic]], in Italy, on a merit scholarship from the Alberta government for a project that sought to promote international peace and understanding.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chrystia Freeland |url=http://www.uwc.org/our_impact/alumni_profiles/media/chrystia_freeland.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919050815/http://www.uwc.org/our_impact/alumni_profiles/media/chrystia_freeland.aspx |archive-date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2012 |publisher=[[United World College of the Adriatic]]}}</ref>

She studied Russian history and literature at [[Harvard University]].<ref name="Jimenez" /> During 1988–89, she was an exchange student at the [[Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv|Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv]] in Ukraine, where she studied [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], which she is fluent in.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Retson |first=Don |date=May 20, 1989 |title=Student 'glasnost' chilly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/edmonton-journal/48118493/ |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal|The Edmonton Journal]] |page=B2 |access-date=September 9, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> While there, she worked with journalist [[Bill Keller]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' to document the [[Bykivnia graves]], an unmarked mass grave site where the [[NKVD]] (the Soviet secret police) disposed of tens of thousands of dissidents.<ref name="Diebel" /> The official Soviet story held that the graves were the result of Nazi atrocities. She translated the stories of locals who had witnessed covered trucks and "puddles of blood in the road" that predated the Nazi invasion, adding evidence that the site was actually the result of Stalinist repression.<ref name="Diebel" />

While there she attracted the attention of the [[KGB]], which tagged her with the code name "Frida", and Soviet newspapers, who attacked her as a foreigner meddling in their internal affairs over her contacts with Ukrainian activists. The KGB surveilled Freeland and tapped her phone calls, and documented the young Canadian activist delivering money, video and audio recording equipment, and a personal computer to contacts in Ukraine. She used a diplomat at the [[Embassy of Canada, Moscow|Embassy of Canada]] in Moscow to send material abroad in a secret diplomatic pouch, worked with foreign journalists on stories about life in the [[Soviet Union]], and organized marches and rallies to attract attention and support from Western countries. On her return from a trip to London in March 1989, Freeland was denied re-entry to the Soviet Union.<ref name="Miles">{{Cite news |last=Miles |first=Simon |date=October 11, 2021 |title=KGB archives show how Chrystia Freeland drew the ire (and respect) of Soviet intelligence services |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-kgb-archives-show-how-chrystia-freeland-drew-the-ire-and-respect-of/ |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> By the time her activism within Ukraine came to an end, Freeland had become the subject of a high-level case study from the KGB on how much damage a single determined individual could inflict on the Soviet Union; a 2021 ''[[The Globe and Mail|Globe and Mail]]'' article quoted the report by a former officer of the KGB, which had described Freeland as "a remarkable individual", "erudite, sociable, persistent, and inventive in achieving her goals".<ref name="Miles" />

She worked as an intern for [[United Press International]] in London in the summer of 1990.<ref name="Jimenez" /> Afterwards, she completed a [[Master of Studies]] degree in [[Slavonic studies]] from the [[University of Oxford]] in 1993 having studied at [[St Antony's College, Oxford|St Antony's College]] as a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]].<ref name="FT-profile" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2011 |title=Chrystia Freeland – St Antony's 1993 |url=https://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=594 |magazine=[[Oxford Today]] |volume=23 |issue=2 |page=50 |access-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929033541/https://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=594 |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Journalism career (1993–2013) ==
Freeland began her career in journalism as a [[Stringer (journalism)|stringer]] for the ''[[Financial Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The Economist]]'' while working in Ukraine.<ref name="DFAIT bio">{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2013 |title=Chrystia Freeland |url=http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/freeland_bio.aspx?lang=eng&view=d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720104547/http://www.international.gc.ca/odskelton/freeland_bio.aspx?lang=eng&view=d |archive-date=July 20, 2013 |access-date=July 29, 2013 |publisher=[[Global Affairs Canada|Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development]]}}</ref> Freeland later worked for the ''Financial Times'' in London as a deputy editor, and then as an editor for its weekend edition, FT.com, and UK news.<ref name="DFAIT bio" /> Freeland also served as Moscow bureau chief and Eastern Europe correspondent for the ''Financial Times''.<ref name="DFAIT bio" />

From 1999 to 2001, Freeland served as the deputy editor of ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref name="DFAIT bio" /> Next she worked as the managing director and editor of consumer news at [[Thomson Reuters]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 19, 2012 |title='Journalistic excellence paramount' in the new Reuters |work=The Baron |url=http://www.thebaron.info/news/files/296a73d3b0d04b5b935ccb7e582e4d39-782.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919001250/http://www.thebaron.info/news/files/296a73d3b0d04b5b935ccb7e582e4d39-782.php |archive-date=September 19, 2013}}</ref> She was also a weekly columnist for ''The Globe and Mail''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 28, 2013 |title=Chrystia Freeland's Plutocrats wins National Business Book Award |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/chrystia-freelands-plutocrats-wins-national-business-book-award/article12212770/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064030/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/chrystia-freelands-plutocrats-wins-national-business-book-award/article12212770/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Previously she was editor of ''Thomson Reuters Digital'', a position she held since April 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saba |first=Jennifer |editor-last=Kerr |editor-first=Ted |date=April 7, 2011 |title=Chrystia Freeland named Thomson Reuters Digital editor |agency=[[Thomson Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thomsonreuters-freeland-idUSTRE7366LB20110407 |url-status=live |access-date=December 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213220843/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/07/us-thomsonreuters-freeland-idUSTRE7366LB20110407 |archive-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref> Prior to that she was the global editor-at-large of [[Reuters]] news since March 1, 2010,<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Chrystia Freeland Joins Reuters as Global Editor-at-large |date=March 1, 2010 |url=http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/media/2010_03_01_chrystia_freeland |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |access-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304063037/http://thomsonreuters.com/content/press_room/media/2010_03_01_chrystia_freeland |archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref> having formerly been the United States managing editor at the ''Financial Times'', based in New York City.

=== Published works ===

Freeland is the author of ''Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism'' (2000)<ref name="FT-profile">{{cite news|date=February 3, 2004|title=Chrystia Freeland|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ae5c593e-ce42-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|access-date=May 26, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110510015420/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae5c593e-ce42-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html|archive-date=May 10, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else'' (2012).<ref name="Plutocrats">{{Cite book |last=Freeland |first=Chrystia |year=2012 |title=Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else |url=https://archive.org/details/plutocratsriseof00free |location=New York |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-59420-409-8 |oclc=780480424 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="Ezra">{{Cite news |last=Klein |first=Ezra |author-link=Ezra Klein |date=November 28, 2012 |title=Romney is Wall Street's worst bet since the bet on subprime |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/28/romney-is-wall-streets-worst-bet-since-the-bet-on-subprime/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722113925/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/28/romney-is-wall-streets-worst-bet-since-the-bet-on-subprime/ |archive-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref>

''Sale of the Century'' is an account of [[privatization in Russia]]. It is based on interviews between Freeland and leading Russian businessmen, conducted from 1994 to 1998 when she lived in Russia as the Moscow bureau chief for the ''Financial Times''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Freeland |first=Chrystia |year=2000 |title=Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism |publisher=Doubleday Canada |isbn=0-385-25869-0}}</ref> The book chronicles the challenges that the "young reformers" championing capitalism such as [[Anatoly Chubais]] and [[Yegor Gaidar]] had in wresting control of Russian industry out of the hands of the communist "[[red directors|red barons]]". The compromises they made, such as the [[loans for shares scheme]], allowed businessmen such as [[Mikhail Fridman]], [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]], and [[Vladimir Potanin]] to seize control of the economy and install themselves as [[Russian oligarchs]].

''Plutocrats'' was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestseller]], and the winner of the 2013 [[Lionel Gelber Prize]] for non-fiction reporting on foreign affairs.<ref name="Barber">{{Cite news |last=Barber |first=John |date=March 25, 2013 |title=Plutocrats author Chrystia Freeland wins $15,000 book prize for international affairs |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/plutocrats-author-chrystia-freeland-wins-15000-book-prize/article10300456/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211751/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/plutocrats-author-chrystia-freeland-wins-15000-book-prize/article10300456/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> It also won the 2013 [[National Business Book Award]] for the most outstanding Canadian business-related book.

== Political career (2013–present) ==
[[File:President Trump Participates in the USMCA Signing Ceremony (32244728588).jpg|thumb|[[Enrique Peña Nieto]], [[Donald Trump]], and [[Justin Trudeau]] sign the [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement|Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement]] during the [[2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit|G20 summit]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 30, 2018.]]
[[File:Secretary Pompeo, Secretary Mattis, Canadian Foreign Minister Freeland and Canadian Defense Minister Sajjan Address the Press (44499791960).jpg|alt=Freeland speaks at a 2018 press conference as Mike Pompeo and Jim Mattis look on.|thumb|Freeland speaks at a 2018 press conference as [[Mike Pompeo]] and [[Jim Mattis]] look on.]]
On July 26, 2013, Freeland left journalism to enter politics. She sought the nomination for the Liberal Party in [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]] to replace [[Bob Rae]], who was stepping down to become chief negotiator and counsel for the [[Matawa First Nations]] in Northern Ontario's [[Ring of Fire (Northern Ontario)|Ring of Fire]]. She won the nomination on September 15, and would face NDP candidate [[Linda McQuaig]] in the [[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Toronto Centre|November 25 by-election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mok |first=Tanya |date=September 15, 2013 |title=Liberals choose Chrystia Freeland to face NDP candidate Linda McQuaig in upcoming byelection in Toronto Centre |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/15/liberals-choose-chrystia-freeland-to-face-ndp-candidate-linda-mcquaig-in-upcoming-byelection-in-toronto-centre/ |access-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130916025526/http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/15/liberals-choose-chrystia-freeland-to-face-ndp-candidate-linda-mcquaig-in-upcoming-byelection-in-toronto-centre/ |archive-date=September 16, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gustin">{{Cite magazine |last=Gustin |first=Sam |date=July 29, 2013 |title=Prominent Journalist Chrystia Freeland in Surprise Canadian Political Bid |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://business.time.com/2013/07/29/prominent-journalist-chrystia-freeland-in-surprise-canadian-political-bid/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221802/http://business.time.com/2013/07/29/prominent-journalist-chrystia-freeland-in-surprise-canadian-political-bid/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> During the campaign she received criticism for purchasing a $1.3&nbsp;million home, although the price was consistent with Toronto's home prices.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGregor |first=Glen |date=October 11, 2013 |title=Slumming in Summerhill: LPC candidate Freeland now a Toronto homeowner |url=http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/10/11/slumming-in-summerhill-lpc-candidate-freeland-now-a-toronto-homeowner/ |access-date=October 15, 2013 |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011225424/http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/10/11/slumming-in-summerhill-lpc-candidate-freeland-now-a-toronto-homeowner/ |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |quote=The Liberal Party's star Toronto candidate, who has promised to advocate for the interests of Canada's middle class, had to get her parents to co-sign a mortgage on a $1.3-million home in an affluent Toronto neighbourhood. Chrystia Freeland on Friday closed on the purchase of a three-storey townhouse in Summerhill, in the Toronto Centre riding}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Siekierski |first=BJ |date=October 15, 2013 |title=Chrystia Freeland defends $1.3-million home purchase |url=https://ipolitics.ca/2013/10/15/chrystia-freeland-defends-1-3-million-home-purchase/ |newspaper=[[iPolitics]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053344/https://ipolitics.ca/2013/10/15/chrystia-freeland-defends-1-3-million-home-purchase/ |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2017 |quote=With the Ottawa Citizen's Glenn McGregor reporting on Friday that Chrystia Freeland and her husband recently bought a $1.3-million townhouse in Toronto's distinctly upper-class Summerhill neighborhood, it was only a matter of time before the Toronto-Centre Liberal candidate was asked how she reconciled that with her and the party's 'struggling middle-class' mantra.}}</ref> Freeland won 49 per cent of the vote and was elected.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Stuart A. |date=November 25, 2013 |title=Complete results from Toronto Centre and three other federal by-elections |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/live-results-from-toronto-centre-and-three-other-federal-byelections/article15587457/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126045422/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/live-results-from-toronto-centre-and-three-other-federal-byelections/article15587457/ |archive-date=November 26, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, Freeland received campaign contributions from [[Paul Grod|Paul M. Grod]],<ref name="Contributions - Details">{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPF/EN/CCS/ContributionReport?returnStatus=1&reportOption=5&queryId=5412c87f43254b59bc8ed0843e372a13&sortDirection=asc&sortOrder=0%2C1%2C2&totalRecordFound=58&current200Page=1&total200Pages=1&reportExists=True&displaySorting=True |access-date=2024-01-31 |title= Contributions - Details |website=Elections Canada |language=en}}</ref> former President of the [[Ukrainian Canadian Congress]] (UCC) and current President of the [[Ukrainian World Congress]] (UWG)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/leadership/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |title= Leadership 2023-2027 |website=Ukrainian World Congress |language=en}}</ref> and Ukrainian-Canadian businessman [[James C. Temerty]].<ref name="Contributions - Details"/>

During the demonstrations leading up to the 2014 Ukrainian [[Revolution of Dignity]], Freeland wrote an op-ed for ''The Globe and Mail'', in which she excoriated the government of [[Viktor Yanukovych]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeland |first=Chrystia |date=January 26, 2014 |title=Why Canada should support Ukraine's democratic protesters |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/why-canada-should-support-ukraines-democratic-protesters/article16507240/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205051609/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/why-canada-should-support-ukraines-democratic-protesters/article16507240/ |archive-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> She supported seizing personal assets and banning travel as part of economic sanction programs against Yanukovych and members of his government.<ref name="Geddes">{{Cite magazine |last=Geddes |first=John |date=February 20, 2014 |title=Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland on Ukraine |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/liberal-mp-chrystia-freeland-this-time-not-on-the-economy-but-on-ukraine/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413230100/http://www.macleans.ca/news/liberal-mp-chrystia-freeland-this-time-not-on-the-economy-but-on-ukraine/ |archive-date=April 13, 2014}}</ref> That March, during the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea by Russia]], Freeland visited Ukraine on behalf of the Liberal Party. She met community leaders and members of the government in Kyiv, including [[Mustafa Dzhemilev]], leader of the [[Crimean Tatars]]; [[Vitali Klitschko]], leader of the [[Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform]]; and Ukrainian MP [[Petro Poroshenko]], who was later elected president of Ukraine in May 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=MacKinnon |first=Leslie |date=March 5, 2014 |title=Government to send military observers to Ukraine |work=[[CBC News]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-send-military-observers-to-ukraine-1.2561288 |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415064839/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-to-send-military-observers-to-ukraine-1.2561288 |archive-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> Since 2009, Freeland has been a regular attendee of the Yalta European Strategy annual meetings founded and sponsored by Ukrainian oligarch [[Victor Pinchuk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2009/perelik-uchasnikiv |access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2011/spisok-uchasnikiv |access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2012/spisok-uchasnikiv |access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://yes-ukraine.org/en/yes-annual-meetings/2013/spisok-uchasnikiv |access-date=2024-01-31 |title=Speakers |website=Yalta European Strategy |language=en}}</ref>

Freeland was one of thirteen Canadians [[List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War|banned]] from travelling to Russia under retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] in March 2014.<ref name="Mas">{{Cite news |last=Mas |first=Susana |date=March 24, 2014 |title=Russian sanctions against Canadians a 'badge of honour' |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russian-sanctions-against-canadians-a-badge-of-honour-1.2584137 |url-status=live |access-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324205804/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russian-sanctions-against-canadians-a-badge-of-honour-1.2584137 |archive-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> She replied through her official [[Twitter]] feed, "Love Russ lang/culture, loved my yrs in Moscow; but it's an honour to be on Putin's sanction list, esp in company of friends [[Irwin Cotler|Cotler]] & [[Paul M. Grod|Grod]]."<ref name="Mas" />

In the [[2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution|riding redistribution of 2012 and 2013]], much of Freeland's base was shifted from Toronto Centre to the new riding of [[University—Rosedale (federal electoral district)|University—Rosedale]], where she ran in the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. She defeated NDP challenger [[Jennifer Hollett]] with 50 per cent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Otis |first=Daniel |date=October 20, 2015 |title=Liberal Chrystia Freeland wins in University-Rosedale |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/20/liberal-chrystia-freeland-wins-in-university-rosedale.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023235608/http://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/20/liberal-chrystia-freeland-wins-in-university-rosedale.html |archive-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref>

=== Minister of International Trade (2015–2017) ===
On November 4, 2015, newly elected Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] chose Freeland as [[Minister of International Trade Diversification|minister of international trade]] in his first Cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 4, 2015 |title=Full list of Justin Trudeau's cabinet |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699 |url-status=live |access-date=November 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403163026/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/full-list-of-justin-trudeau-s-cabinet-1.3300699 |archive-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref> She was involved in negotiations leading up to the [[Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement]] (CETA), between Canada and the [[European Union]], former prime minister [[Stephen Harper]]'s legacy project. The trade deal was Canada's largest since [[NAFTA]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewsen |first=Simon |date=February 14, 2018 |title=Chrystia Freeland Wants to Fix the Twenty-first Century |url=https://thewalrus.ca/chrystia-freeland-wants-to-fix-the-twenty-first-century/ |magazine=[[The Walrus]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142652/https://thewalrus.ca/chrystia-freeland-wants-to-fix-the-twenty-first-century/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref> and it was signed October 30, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Isfield |first=Gordon |date=October 31, 2016 |title=Chrystia Freeland urges 'building bridges, not walls' to trade following Canada-EU agreement |url=http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/chrystia-freeland-urges-building-bridges-not-walls-to-trade-following-canada-eu-agreement |website=[[Financial Post]] |access-date=November 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101115016/http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/chrystia-freeland-urges-building-bridges-not-walls-to-trade-following-canada-eu-agreement |archive-date=November 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Minister of Foreign Affairs (2017–2019) ===
[[File:Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada Chrystia Freeland - 2019 (MUS0084).jpg|thumb|Freeland speaks during an appearance with Ukrainian prime minister [[Volodymyr Groysman]] in 2019.]]
In a Cabinet shuffle on January 10, 2017, Freeland was appointed [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|minister of foreign affairs]], replacing [[Stéphane Dion]] as the head of [[Trudeau's foreign policy]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fife |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fife |date=January 9, 2017 |title=Trudeau prepares for the Trump era with cabinet shuffle |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-to-shuffle-cabinet-before-trump-inauguration/article33554223/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110094510/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-to-shuffle-cabinet-before-trump-inauguration/article33554223/ |archive-date=January 10, 2017}}</ref> With National Defence Minister [[Harjit Sajjan]], Freeland announced Canada's military training mission in Ukraine would be extended until March 2019, maintaining the 200 soldiers previously mandated by the Harper government.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brewster |first=Murray |date=March 6, 2017 |title=Canada extending military mission in Ukraine to 2019 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-ukraine-military-mission-1.4011870 |url-status=live |access-date=March 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309013215/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-ukraine-military-mission-1.4011870 |archive-date=March 9, 2017}}</ref>

That August, she instructed her department and officials to "energetically" review reports of Canadian-made [[Terradyne Armored Vehicles|Terradyne]] military vehicles being used against civilians in Shia-populated city of [[Al-Awamiyah]] by Saudi Arabian security forces.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sevunts |first=Levon |date=August 8, 2017 |title=Freeland says officials urgently reviewing reports Canadian arms used in Saudi crackdown |agency=[[Radio Canada International]] |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/saudi-arabia-armoured-vehicles-investigation-canada-1.4238564 |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807105856/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/saudi-arabia-armoured-vehicles-investigation-canada-1.4238564 |archive-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> The government briefly suspended Terradyne's export permits to Saudi Arabia before reinstating them; a Canadian investigation stated that it "found no conclusive evidence that Canadian-made vehicles were used in human rights violations".<ref name="Brewster2018">{{cite news |last=Brewster |first=Murray |title=No evidence Canadian vehicles involved in Saudi crackdown on civilians, says federal report |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=2018-05-07 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/saudi-lavs-freeland-report-1.4652614 |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref> This conclusion was challenged by human rights groups such as [[Project Ploughshares]] for not considering the risk of human rights abuses.<ref name="Brewster2018" /> Freeland sponsored Bill C-47, which allowed Canada to join the [[Arms Trade Treaty]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill C-47 (Historical) |website=openparliament.ca |date=2018-06-11 |url=https://openparliament.ca/bills/42-1/C-47/ |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>

Freeland condemned the [[Rohingya persecution in Myanmar (2016–present)|persecution of Rohingya Muslims]] in Myanmar. She said the violence against the Rohingya "looks a lot like ethnic cleansing and that is not acceptable".<ref>{{cite news |last=Nasser |first=Shanifa |date=September 16, 2017 |title=Violence against Rohingya 'looks a lot like ethnic cleansing,' Freeland says |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canada-rohingya-ethnic-cleansing-1.4293564 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826202056/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canada-rohingya-ethnic-cleansing-1.4293564 |archive-date=August 26, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Freeland issued a statement via Twitter on August 2, 2018, expressing Canada's concern over the arrest of [[Samar Badawi]], a human rights activist and sister of imprisoned Saudi blogger [[Raif Badawi]]. She advocated their release.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gambrell |first=Jon |date=August 5, 2018 |title=Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador, freezes trade in human rights dispute |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/08/05/saudi-arabia-to-expel-canadian-ambassador-and-freeze-trade-in-human-rights-dispute.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824092039/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/08/05/saudi-arabia-to-expel-canadian-ambassador-and-freeze-trade-in-human-rights-dispute.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> In response to Canada's criticism, [[Canada–Saudi Arabia relations|Saudi Arabia expelled]] Canada's ambassador, and froze trade with Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kassam |first=Ashifa |date=August 11, 2018 |title='We don't have a single friend': Canada's Saudi spat reveals country is alone |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/canada-saudi-arabia-support-us |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022140408/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/canada-saudi-arabia-support-us |archive-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref> Freeland asked for help from allies including Germany, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 9, 2018 |title=Canada Asks for Help in Saudi Dispute |work=[[Voice of America]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/canada-asks-for-help-in-saudi-dispute/4521858.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817161449/https://www.voanews.com/a/canada-asks-for-help-in-saudi-dispute/4521858.html |archive-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Al Wasmi |first=Naser |date=August 8, 2018 |title=Al Jubeir: No room for mediation with Canada |newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/al-jubeir-no-room-for-mediation-with-canada-1.758201 |url-status=live |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808185132/https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/al-jubeir-no-room-for-mediation-with-canada-1.758201 |archive-date=August 8, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Freeland raised the issue of [[Xinjiang internment camps]] and [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|human rights abuses against the Uyghurs]] in a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=VanderKlippe |first=Nathan |author-link=Nathan VanderKlippe |date=September 27, 2018 |title=Trudeau, Freeland face criticism for failing to condemn China over Uyghur detentions |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-trudeau-freeland-face-criticism-for-failing-to-condemn-china-over/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015144124/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-trudeau-freeland-face-criticism-for-failing-to-condemn-china-over/ |archive-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref>

In January 2019, at the request of the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]], Canada granted [[Right to asylum|asylum]] to 18-year-old Saudi teenager [[Rahaf Mohammed]], who was fleeing her abusive family in Kuwait; Freeland personally greeted Mohammed at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hui |first=Ann |date=January 12, 2019 |title=Saudi teen fleeing family arrives in Toronto after being granted asylum |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-saudi-teen-who-fled-abusive-family-lands-in-toronto/ |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=September 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112175239/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-saudi-teen-who-fled-abusive-family-lands-in-toronto/ |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Freeland condemned Venezuelan president [[Nicolás Maduro]], who had "seized power through fraudulent and anti-democratic elections".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kalvapalle |first=Rahul |date=January 16, 2019 |title=Trudeau slams Venezuelan 'dictator' Maduro, sidesteps question on Brazil's president |work=[[Global News]] |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4851670/trudeau-venezuela-maduro-brazil-bolsonaro/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509194956/https://globalnews.ca/news/4851670/trudeau-venezuela-maduro-brazil-bolsonaro/ |archive-date=May 9, 2019}}</ref>

Freeland joined the [[World Economic Forum]]'s board of trustees in 2019.<ref name="y740">{{cite web | title=World Economic Forum Announces New Trustees | website=World Economic Forum | date=2024-06-18 | url=https://www.weforum.org/press/2019/01/world-economic-forum-announces-new-trustees/ | access-date=2024-06-20}}</ref> Later that year she was ranked 37th among the World's 50 Greatest Leaders in ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine's annual list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Chrystia Freeland {{!}} 2019 The World's 50 Greatest Leaders |url=https://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/2019/chrystia-freeland |magazine=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720172630/https://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/2019/chrystia-freeland |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Freeland voiced support for the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 19, 2019 |title=Chinese embassy tells Canada to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-canada-hongkong/chinese-embassy-tells-canada-to-stop-meddling-in-hong-kong-affairs-idUSKCN1V80OO |url-status=live |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014091809/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-canada-hongkong/chinese-embassy-tells-canada-to-stop-meddling-in-hong-kong-affairs-idUSKCN1V80OO |archive-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, Freeland condemned the unilateral [[2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria|Turkish invasion]] of the [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Kurdish areas in Syria]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 9, 2019 |title=Canada condemns Turkey's military action against Kurdish forces |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-canada/canada-condemns-turkeys-military-action-against-kurdish-forces-idUSKBN1WO2SC |url-status=live |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012120141/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-canada/canada-condemns-turkeys-military-action-against-kurdish-forces-idUSKBN1WO2SC |archive-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref>

=== Deputy Prime Minister (2019–present) ===
[[File:Janet Yellen and Chrystia Freeland at the 2021 IMF Autumn Meeting.jpg|thumb|Freeland with [[Janet Yellen]] in 2021]]
After the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 federal election]], she was appointed [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada|deputy prime minister]] and [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs|minister of intergovernmental affairs]]. As deputy prime minister, Freeland was entrusted with several key planks of [[Trudeau's domestic policy]] such as: strengthening [[Medicare (Canada)|Medicare]], implementing [[Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change|Canada's national climate strategy]], introducing [[Firearms regulation in Canada|firearms regulations]], developing a pan-Canadian child care system, facilitating interprovincial free trade, and reconciliation with [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous peoples]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trudeau |first=Justin |author-link=Justin Trudeau |date=December 13, 2019 |title=Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Mandate Letter |url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters/2019/12/13/deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-intergovernmental-affairs-mandate |publisher=[[Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)|Office of the Prime Minister]], Government of Canada |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729161221/https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters/2019/12/13/deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-intergovernmental-affairs-mandate |archive-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref> As minister of intergovernmental affairs, her primary task was to address renewed tensions between the [[Western alienation|federal government and the western provinces]], most notably with the rise of [[Alberta separatism]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Chris |date=November 20, 2019 |title=Trudeau's cabinet picks seem designed to project stability, seriousness |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-cabinet-alberta-saskatchewan-1.5366626 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627012258/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-cabinet-alberta-saskatchewan-1.5366626 |archive-date=June 27, 2020}}</ref>

She remained in charge of [[Canada–United States relations]], including the ratification of the renegotiated free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico ([[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement|CUSMA]]), roles that have traditionally resided with the minister of foreign affairs.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Leblanc |first1=Daniel |last2=Fife |first2=Robert |author-link2=Robert Fife |date=November 20, 2019 |title=Deputy PM Freeland to oversee relations with U.S. and provinces in Trudeau's new cabinet |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-deputy-pm-freeland-to-oversee-relations-with-us-and-provinces-in/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605034406/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-deputy-pm-freeland-to-oversee-relations-with-us-and-provinces-in/ |archive-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> The CUSMA was ratified in March 2020, at the outset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ljunggren |first=David |date=March 13, 2020 |title=Canadian Parliament rushes through ratification of USMCA trade pact |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-canada/canadian-parliament-rushes-through-ratification-of-usmca-trade-pact-idUSKBN2102I5 |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727232447/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-canada/canadian-parliament-rushes-through-ratification-of-usmca-trade-pact-idUSKBN2102I5 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> That August, Freeland was appointed [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Scherer |first1=Steve |last2=Ljunggren |first2=David |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Canada's Freeland no longer to spearhead U.S. relations as finance minister: sources |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-usa-freeland-idUSKCN25F2JK |access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref>

=== Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2019–2020) ===
Freeland took over the intergovernmental affairs portfolio following the 2019 election when she was appointed deputy prime minister.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |date=November 20, 2019 |title=Who's who in Justin Trudeau's 2019 cabinet |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-full-cabinet-complete-list-1.5365026 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028203046/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-full-cabinet-complete-list-1.5365026 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In her new capacity, she was responsible for handling regional issues such as [[western alienation]]—particularly in Alberta and Saskatchewan where the Liberals had failed to win a single seat—as well as the resurgence of the [[Bloc Québécois]].

In March 2020, she was chosen as the chair for the Cabinet committee on the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|federal response to COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Hannah |date=March 4, 2020 |title=Coronavirus: Trudeau creates new Cabinet committee to tackle COVID-19 outbreak |work=[[Global News]] |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6628805/coronavirus-trudeau-cabinet-committee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908120928/https://globalnews.ca/news/6628805/coronavirus-trudeau-cabinet-committee/ |archive-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> During the pandemic, Freeland developed a close working relationship with the [[premier of Ontario]], [[Doug Ford]]—a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]]—despite the Liberals having used the [[Premiership of Doug Ford|Ford government]]'s track record to campaign against the federal [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] during previous fall's election campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Susan |first=Delacourt |author-link=Susan Delacourt |date=April 3, 2020 |title='He's my therapist': How Chrystia Freeland and Doug Ford forged an unlikely friendship in the fight against COVID-19 |url=https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/opinion-story/9923654--he-s-my-therapist-how-chrystia-freeland-and-doug-ford-forged-an-unlikely-friendship-in-the-fight-against-covid-19 |newspaper=Waterloo Chronicle |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028203049/https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/opinion-story/9923654--he-s-my-therapist-how-chrystia-freeland-and-doug-ford-forged-an-unlikely-friendship-in-the-fight-against-covid-19 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Minister of Finance (2020–present)===
Following the resignation of [[Bill Morneau]] on August 17, 2020, as a result of the [[WE Charity scandal]], Trudeau announced a cabinet shuffle with Freeland being appointed as [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|minister of finance]] and [[Dominic LeBlanc]], [[President of the King's Privy Council for Canada|president of the Privy Council]], replacing her as [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs|minister of intergovernmental affairs]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aiello |first=Rachel |date=August 18, 2020 |title=PM to name Freeland finance minister, replacing Morneau |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pm-to-name-freeland-finance-minister-replacing-morneau-1.5068461 |publisher=[[CTV News]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Kathleen |last2=Cochrane |first2=David |author-link2=David Cochrane (journalist) |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Freeland replaces Morneau as Trudeau's finance minister |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-finance-minister-1.5690404 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818184610/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-finance-minister-1.5690404 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was the first appointment of a woman to the position.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2020 |title=Chrystia Freeland named Canada's first female finance minister |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53759664 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2020 |title=PM Trudeau appoints Canada's first female finance minister |url=https://www.dw.com/en/pm-trudeau-appoints-canadas-first-female-finance-minister/a-54616014 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> She presented [[2021 Canadian federal budget|her first federal budget]] to the House of Commons on April 19, 2021. It announced the creation of a [[child care in Canada|national child care]] program in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilmore |first=Rachel |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Post-COVID-19 Canada: What the federal budget tells us about the end of the pandemic |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7774620/canada-budget-covid-coronavirus-new-normal-summer/ |publisher=[[Global News]] |access-date=April 21, 2021}}</ref> The federal government proposed it would cover half the costs of the child care program, with the provinces responsible for the other half.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ljunggren |first=David |date=April 19, 2021 |title=Canada to put up C$30&nbsp;billion for long-awaited national childcare program |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-budget-childcare-idCAKBN2C62M9 |access-date=June 12, 2021}}</ref>

On February 14, 2022, Trudeau [[Emergencies Act#Canada convoy protest|invoked the ''Emergencies Act'']] to end blockades and the occupation from the [[Canada convoy protest|convoy protest]] in Ottawa, although the blockade at the [[Ambassador Bridge]] had been cleared by police the day before<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levinson-King |first1=Robin |last2=Murphy |first2=Jessica |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Canada protests: After police cleared bridge, is this the end? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60364821 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> and RCMP Commissioner, [[Brenda Lucki]], would later testify the extraordinary powers granted by the ''Emergencies Act'' were not needed at the borders.<ref>{{cite news |last=Osman |first=Laura |date=May 11, 2022 |title=RCMP cleared border blockades without Emergencies Act powers, committee hears |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/rcmp-cleared-border-blockades-without-emergencies-act-powers-committee-hears-1.5897692 |work=[[CTV News]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> As Minister of Finance, Freeland worked with RCMP and financial institutions to block financial services to participants. Although banks were granted immunity against civil suits from customers, Freeland insisted, during a press conference, that Charter rights remained in place.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=James |last2=Curry |first2=Bill |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Financial institutions have started freezing protesters' bank accounts based on RCMP information, Chrystia Freeland says|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-financial-institutions-have-started-freezing-protesters-bank-accounts/ |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref> In June, she testified before a special parliamentary committee to answer questions about the decision. She described her appearance as "adversarial", and several committee members stated that she was evasive and did not offer new information. Though she did not say which cabinet member put forward the suggestion to invoke the Act, she stated, "I would like to take the personal responsibility for that decision, it was my opinion it was the correct decision".<ref>{{cite news |last=Ritchie |first=Sarah |date=2022-06-14 |title=Blair says police didn't ask for Emergencies Act, but did ask for help ending blockades |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bill-blair-chrystia-freeland-emergencies-act-1.6489053 |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |access-date=2022-09-26}}</ref>

Freeland was at the forefront of the Canadian government's response to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in late February 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turnbull |first=Sarah |date=2022-03-05 |title=Why Russia's invasion of Ukraine is personal for Chrystia Freeland |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/why-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-is-personal-for-chrystia-freeland-1.5806555 |work=[[CTV News]] |access-date=2022-09-26}}</ref> At the start of the invasion, she stated in Ukrainian "now is the time to be strong".<ref>{{cite news |last=Guly |first=Christopher |date=2022-03-31 |title=Chrystia Freeland's Kyiv calling: Russian invasion of Ukraine personal file for deputy PM |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2022/03/31/chrystia-freelands-kyiv-calling-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-personal-file-for-deputy-pm/351990 |newspaper=[[The Hill Times]] |access-date=2022-09-26}}</ref> She was the first to call for sanctions on the [[Central Bank of Russia]], which were eventually imposed, and she spoke nearly daily with Ukrainian Prime Minister [[Denys Shmyhal]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ballingall |first1=Alex |last2=MacCharles |first2=Tonda |date=2022-03-06 |title=Chrystia Freeland leads Canada's response to Russian invasion |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2022/03/06/chrystia-freeland-uniquely-well-placed-to-take-on-canadas-response-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine.html |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=2022-09-26}}</ref>

As Finance Minister, Freeland frequently makes announcements on programs intended to make housing more affordable amidst the [[Canadian property bubble]]. On October 10th 2024, Freeland touted the federal programs, First Home Savings Account and Homebuyers' Plan, that enabled a civil engineer and a PhD holder to buy their first home. "It's...very heartwarming for me to meet a couple...taking advantage of some of the programs we have put in place to buy their first home," she stated during a press conference from their backyard.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0XaIrTq93Q</ref><ref>https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2024/10/deputy-prime-minister-announces-new-actions-to-build-secondary-suites-and-unlock-vacant-lands-to-build-more-homes.html</ref>

== Family and personal life ==
Freeland is married to Graham Bowley, a British writer and reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luce |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Luce |date=January 24, 2020 |title=Chrystia Freeland: 'We liberals have had a rude awakening' |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f4f88f32-3b83-11ea-a01a-bae547046735 |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200124125203/https://www.ft.com/content/f4f88f32-3b83-11ea-a01a-bae547046735 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McBride |first=Jason |date=November 21, 2017 |title=The tenacious Chrystia Freeland |url=https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/the-negotiator/ |magazine=[[Toronto Life]] |access-date=April 14, 2021}}</ref> The couple have three children.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weisblott |first=Marc |date=July 29, 2013 |title=Chrystia Freeland to make U.S. Media Party care about Canadian politics |website=[[canada.com]] |url=http://o.canada.com/2013/07/29/chrystia-freeland-liberal-toronto-centre/ |url-status=dead |access-date=September 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823174935/http://o.canada.com/2013/07/29/chrystia-freeland-liberal-toronto-centre/ |archive-date=August 23, 2013}}</ref>

She has lived in Toronto since the summer of 2013 when she returned from abroad to run for election.<ref name="DFAIT bio" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Semeniuk |first=Ivan |date=September 15, 2013 |title=NDP's McQuaig, Liberals' Freeland to face off in battle for Toronto Centre |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-new-democracts-in-toronto-centre-vote-to-select-by-election-candidates/article14326602/ |url-status=live |access-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918045651/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-new-democracts-in-toronto-centre-vote-to-select-by-election-candidates/article14326602/ |archive-date=September 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Gustin" /> She speaks [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] at home with her children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Delacourt |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Delacourt |date=February 7, 2014 |title=Parliament: Speaking a language all its own |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2014/02/07/parliament_speaking_a_language_all_its_own.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019065639/http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2014/02/07/parliament_speaking_a_language_all_its_own.html |archive-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref> She also speaks English, Russian, Italian, and French.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2015 |title=The Honourable Chrystia Freeland |url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister/honourable-chrystia-freeland |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428025716/https://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister/honourable-chrystia-freeland |archive-date=April 28, 2018 |access-date=June 6, 2018 |publisher=[[Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)|Office of the Prime Minister]], Government of Canada}}</ref> In 2014, John Geddes reported that Freeland and her sister co-owned an apartment overlooking the central square of Kyiv, [[Maidan Nezalezhnosti]].<ref name="Geddes" />

=== Ancestry ===
Freeland's paternal grandfather, Wilbur Freeland, was a farmer and lawyer who rode in the annual [[Calgary Stampede]]; his sister, Beulah, was the wife of a federal member of Parliament, [[Ged Baldwin]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 2015 |title=Peace River Woman Set to Join Trudeau Liberal Government as a Toronto MP |work=AM 610 Newsroom |publisher=[[CKKX-FM]] |url=http://www.kix106.net/2015/10/23/peace-river-girl-set-to-join-trudeau-liberal-government-as-a-toronto-mp |url-status=live |access-date=November 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208232122/http://www.kix106.net/2015/10/23/peace-river-girl-set-to-join-trudeau-liberal-government-as-a-toronto-mp/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015}}</ref> Her paternal grandmother, Helen Caulfield, was a WWII war bride from [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeland |first=Chrystia |date=January 26, 2007 |title=An audit of affluence |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c73a10f4-ad50-11db-8709-0000779e2340.html |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>

Freeland's mother, Halyna Chomiak, was born at a hospital administered by the US Army; her parents were staying at the displaced persons camp at the spa resort in [[Bad Wörishofen]] in Bavaria, Germany. Halyna's Ukrainian Catholic parents were [[Mykhailo Khomiak]] ({{langx|uk|Михайло Хомяк|links=no}}, anglicized as Michael Chomiak), born in {{ill|Stroniatyn|WD=Q4444238}}, [[Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria|Galicia]], and Alexandra Loban, originally of Rudniki, near Stanislaviv (now [[Ivano-Frankivsk]]).<ref name="HalynaChomiakFreeland" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wetherbee |first=Rebecca |date=May 20, 2013 |title=Chrystia Freeland – U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times |website=Little Pink Book |url=http://www.littlepinkbook.com/chrystia-freeland-u-s-managing-editor-financial-times/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928231555/http://www.littlepinkbook.com/chrystia-freeland-u-s-managing-editor-financial-times/ |archive-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>

Freeland's maternal grandfather, [[Michael Chomiak]], had been a journalist [[Interwar period|before World War II]]. During the war in [[General Government|Nazi-occupied Poland]] and later in [[Austria within Nazi Germany|Nazi-occupied Austria]] he was [[General Government#Administration|chief editor]] of the Ukrainian daily newspaper ''[[Krakivs'ki Visti]]'' (Kraków News) for the Nazi regime.<ref name="Simons">{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Paula |author-link=Paula Simons |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Paula Simons: 'School of hate': Was Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's grandfather a Nazi collaborator? |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-school-of-hate-was-foreign-affairs-minister-chrystia-freelands-grandfather-a-nazi-collaborator |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609231023/http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-school-of-hate-was-foreign-affairs-minister-chrystia-freelands-grandfather-a-nazi-collaborator |archive-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref> After Chomiak's death in 1984, [[John-Paul Himka]], a professor of history at the [[University of Alberta]], who was Chomiak's son-in-law (and also Freeland's uncle by marriage), used Chomiak's records, including old issues of the newspaper, as the basis of several scholarly papers focused on the coverage of Soviet mass murders of Ukrainian civilians. These papers also examined the use of these massacres as Nazi [[Jewish Bolshevism|propaganda against Jews]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Himka |first=John-Paul |author-link=John-Paul Himka |title=Ethnicity and the Reporting of Mass Murder: ''Krakivs'ki visti'', the NKVD Murders of 1941, and the Vinnytsia Exhumation |url=http://www.timeandspace.lviv.ua/files/session/Himka%20Ethnicity%20and%20Reporting_210.doc |journal=Time and Space |location=Lviv |publisher=University of Alberta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162206/http://www.timeandspace.lviv.ua/files/session/Himka%20Ethnicity%20and%20Reporting_210.doc |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |quote=''[[Krakivs'ki visti]]'' published materials from German papers, especially the Nazi party organ ''Völkischer Beobachter'', which appeared frequently. Articles were also translated from ''Berliner Illustrierte Nachtausgabe'' and all most important Berlin papers.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Himka |first1=John-Paul |author-link1=John-Paul Himka |last2=Kozakov |first2=Maksym |date=October 19, 2017 |title=Іван-Павло Химка: "Історична політика є хворобою всіх посткомуністичних країн" |url=https://commons.com.ua/uk/istorichna-politika-ye-hvoroboyu-vsih-postkomunistichnih-krayin/ |magazine=[[Commons (magazine)|Commons]] |language=uk |access-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206001810/https://commons.com.ua/uk/istorichna-politika-ye-hvoroboyu-vsih-postkomunistichnih-krayin/ |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Himka |first=John-Paul |author-link=John-Paul Himka |year=2013 |editor-last1=Bartov |editor-first1=Omer |editor-link1=Omer Bartov |editor-last2=Weitz |editor-first2=Eric D. |editor-link2=Eric D. Weitz |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D9wEXp_uyoYC&q=Krakivs%27ki+Visti+connection |chapter=Ethnicity and the Reporting of Mass Murder: ''Krakivs'ki visti'', the NKVD Murders of 1941, and the Vinnytsia Exhumation |title=Shatterzone of Empires: Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands |location=Bloomington, Indiana |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00639-4 }}</ref> In 2017, when Russian-affiliated websites, e.g. ''[[Russia Insider]]'' and ''New Cold War'', further publicized Chomiak's connection to [[Nazism]], Freeland and her spokespeople responded by claiming that this was a Russian [[disinformation]] campaign during her appointment to the position of [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|minister of foreign affairs]].<ref name="Fife20170307">{{Cite news |last=Fife |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Fife |date=March 7, 2017 |title=Freeland knew her grandfather was editor of Nazi newspaper |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/freeland-knew-her-grandfather-was-editor-of-nazi-newspaper/article34236881 |url-status=live |access-date=May 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409142649/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/freeland-knew-her-grandfather-was-editor-of-nazi-newspaper/article34236881/ |archive-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pugliese |first=David |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Chrystia Freeland's granddad was indeed a Nazi collaborator – so much for Russian disinformation |newspaper=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141531/http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/chrystia-freelands-granddad-was-indeed-a-nazi-collaborator-so-much-for-russian-disinformation |archive-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cosh |first=Colby |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Colby Cosh: Of course it's 'news' that Freeland's grampa was a Nazi collaborator, even if the Russians are spreading it |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=http://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-of-course-its-news-that-freelands-grampa-was-a-nazi-collaborator-even-if-the-russians-are-spreading-it |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180310155605/http://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-of-course-its-news-that-freelands-grampa-was-a-nazi-collaborator-even-if-the-russians-are-spreading-it |archive-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glavin |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Glavin |date=March 8, 2017 |title=Terry Glavin: Enter the Freeland-Nazi conspiracy — and the amping-up of Russia's mischief in Canada |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/terry-glavin-enter-the-freeland-nazi-conspiracy-and-the-amping-up-of-russias-mischief-in-canada |url-status=live |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20171006181751/http://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry%2Dglavin%2Denter%2Dthe%2Dfreeland%2Dnazi%2Dconspiracy%2Dand%2Dthe%2Damping%2Dup%2Dof%2Drussias%2Dmischief%2Din%2Dcanada |archive-date=October 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Simons" /> Her office later denied Chomiak ever collaborated with [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pugliese |first=David |date=April 6, 2018 |title=Exclusive: Russian diplomat booted from Canada has some advice for Trudeau — it won't work |newspaper=[[National Post]] |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/russian-diplomat-calls-expulsions-over-remarks-un-canadian |url-status=live |access-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180406174940/http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/russian-diplomat-calls-expulsions-over-remarks-un-canadian |archive-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref> However, reporting by ''The Globe and Mail'' showed that Freeland had known of her grandfather's Nazi ties since at least 1996, when she helped edit a scholarly article by Himka for the ''Journal of Ukrainian Studies''.<ref name="Fife20170307" />

== Electoral history ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Freeland |first=Chrystia |year=2000 |title=Sale of the Century: Russia's Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism |publisher=Crown Business |isbn=0-8129-3215-3}}
* {{Cite book |last=Freeland |first=Chrystia |year=2012 |title=[[Plutocrats (book)|Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else]] |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-1-84614-252-9}}

== See also ==
* [[List of female finance ministers]]
* [[List of female foreign ministers]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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